July 2004

“there he is again, running infront of me. sometimes just beside me or behind me, depending on the position of the street light.”

i was jogging with my wife Sallie just a few hours back, and i can’t help but noticed my shadow. it was not the first time that i realized, my shadow seemed to be the image of my father, my tatay Andres. every strides was incredibly him.

for the nth time, i remember when i was young, when me and my father jog. we jogged through pedro gil, turning left on quirino avenue, and finally reaching the roads of roxas boulevard. sometimes we eat lugaw before riding the jeepney home.

i know that he is with me not only when i jog. he lives through me…i’m my father’s son.

kagagaling lang namin ni kumander sa pagdya-jogging. as much as possible, we try to jog every wednesday and saturday night. doon kami nagdya-jogging may tabi ng creek which starts from potong pasir and ends in bishan park. of course, not the full length. we only cover the stretch of about 3 km, or roughly 2o minutes of continuous jog for true aerobic exercise. well light lighted and well paved yung jogging path. ibang klase talaga kapag affluent ang bansa.

at first, talagang disappointed din ako sa desisyon ni ate glo. pero napagisip-isip ko na tama rin si ate glo. katatapos lang ng very divisive election sa bansa natin and we cannot afford to decide against the general sentiment ni juan dela cruz. myopic and emotional yung decision, but i guess it’s practical and realistic. we should be a country first before we can truly be a global player.

yung kupal na giyera naman na yan sa iraq ay base sa mga fabricated info. all the while, talagang questionable ang motive ni dubya and the rest. baka nakalimutan na nila yung iran-contra arms for hostage incident nung early 80’s. reagan gave in to arms demand ng mga terorista in exchange for their hostaged soldier. kung napanood mo rin ang “black hawk down”, eto yung nag-precipitate ng pull out ng mga kano sa somalia which ended with the massacre of millions of hutus (or tutsis?). it is a necessary evil being on the side of uncle sam. pero kung tutuusin mo, marami ring kasalanan ang kano sa atin. the carpet bombing of manila near the end of world war 2, not owning up to the chemical waste that they left behind sa mga base, atbp. it’s a country declaring itself as na epitome of democracy by dictating other countries what to do.

one of the pics sa eb ng puplhs batch 87 (which i can proudly say i’m a part of). naka-feed live thru IM ang event. seeing the smiles on those familiar faces brings back good old memories of my high school days.